Water motor



2 SHEETS-SH\EET I.

J. L. WALKER.

WATER MOTOR.

FILED MAY 26 1921 Jan. 9, 1923-.

3. L WALKER.

WATER MOTOR.

FILE-D MAY 2s,1921.. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

gwuawto'a' MM, M J/mw Falter/titted Alan ldiddm JAMES 1'4. WALKER, F55.1-llll'DY, UTllllf.

of Utah, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Waterlifotors; and i do hereby declare the following to be a fullyclear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in water motorsadapted for use in connection with bodies of water of diii erent kindsand hasfor its primary objcct the provision of elongated troughs orbuckets arranged circularly about a suppmrting and power deliveringshaft so as to develop a large drivingpower from a comparatively smallwater fall and also permits the use of the device in a sluggish streamorwith waves of a body of water as a propelling medium.

Another object of this invention the provision of a water motor of theabove stated character which will be simple, dura ble and ei'licient,and which. may be menu-- factured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view as will. become more apparent asthe description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my .in vention, reference is to be hadto the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figurel is a side elevation illustrating a water motor constructed inaccordance with my invention,

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view illustrating the trough andwater fed there to by a pipe or run,

Figure 3 isfan end view illustrating the device operating in a stream,

Figure t is a similar view illustrating a plurality of motors operatedby a water fall,

Figure 5 is a view illustrating the device operated by the waves of abody of Water.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates an entiretya water motor which includes supporting and,

Moron.

1921. Serial No. araeso.

power delivering shaft 2 havingadiacent each end disks or circularplates 3 to which elongated troughs or buckets 4c are connected. Thetroughs or buckets are arranged circularly about the shaft 2 and thelatter is rotatably supported in bearings 5 carried by a suitablestructure 6. Q

The opposing faces of the disks or plates 3 have secured thereto spacingelement 7 that have concaved faces 8 merging into convexfaces 9. Theconvex faces 9 are disposed opposite to the concaved faces8. The spacingelements are adapted to form supports or attaching means for the troughsr buckets to-the disks or plates and each trough is constructed from asingle length of material or sheet metal which has its end edges securedto the concaved faces 8 of a pair of spacing members 7 and said strip ofmaterial follows out the curvature of each face of the spacing members 7and is extended at one end to engage the strip of material forming theadjacent bucket and 1s detachably secured to the latter by means ofremovable fasteners 10. Binding strips 11 are secured to the peripheriesof the disks 3 and project over the ends of the buckets or troughs i andalso the spaclng elements 7 to prevent the strips of material from whichthe troughs are constructed from becoming detached from the spacingmembers 7.

The supporting and power delivering shaft 2 may be connected to othermachinery for the purpose of propelling the same in any suitable manner.

As shown in Figure 2 the buckets are fed with water from a pipe or run12 and as each bucket becomes filled with water from the pipe or run,the weight of the water in the respective trough causes said trough tomove downwardly consequently rotating; the shaft 2 and after a certainmovement the water within the respective trough empties downwardly underthe influence of the Water therein.

In Figure 3 is shown the water motor partly submerged in a stream ofwater so that the buckets disposed lowermost will be compelled to movein the direction of the flow of the stream and consequently rotate theshaft. The troughs or buckets being of elongated formation provide acomparatively large area for" the water to strike against and'consequently permit a large ion therefrom while the next trough ismoving amount of power to be developed from a sluggish stream.

In Figure 4, a plurality of motors are shown. operating in conjunctionwith a fall and the motors are arranged one above the other so that thewater of the fall strikesthe upper most motor and operates the same andthe water discharged from the uppermost motor falls onto the next troughand, o on from one motor to the other; The shafts of 'tlieyarious motorsconnected in any suitable manner to a common power dcliiery shaftforoperating machinery. With this arrangement a great number of horsepowermay he developed "from a comparatfiely s nail writer fall.

In Figure?) the motor is shown in conjunction. with a support 14 vhiohso shaped to cause the waves of a body of water to rise or be thrownupwardly onto the motor and thereby fill the troughs or buckets thereofcausing a rotation of the shaft for said motor.

l-Vhile have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention it will he understood that minor changes inconstruction,combination, and arrangement of parts may he made withoutdeparting -from the spirit and scope of the invention as, claimed:

'Having thus described my invention what I claim is: I

l. A water motor comprising a suppo ing. and power delivering shaft,disks cured to said sh ft, spacing elements secured-to the opposingfaces of said disks, and a plurality of elongated buckets carried bysaid disks and spacing member 2. A water motor comprising supporting andpower deliverin shaft, disks secured to said shalt, spacingmemberssecured to the-opposing faces of the'disksand havi g CODVGPZQll andconcai'ed l'acr-s li'ip.- ol' flheet metal secured to he hues of saidspm ing members and to each other lo low-u relutivc spaced clongatmlhucl'zels.

3. A water motor comprsing a suppm't ing and power delivering shall,disks cured to said shaft, spacing members cured to the opposing facesof the disks and having concaved and convexed i zu'eg'strips or materialsecured to said laces oi' said s acing numbers and haring: one of theireoges delachably secured to the adjacent strip "to form a plurality ofrelatively spaced k7 ied buck rs. and binding strips sucured -;0 said sand overlying the end edges oi" the n'mterial forming soid liiuckels.

A water moi comprising a .Hllipfllllhfl and power coring sha-rt riskssecured to said sha'lt, spacing elements secured in the opposing facesoi iid disks, a plurality of elongate [l buckets carried by said disksand spacing 111G iers and said buckets having their lo; udiuul \"lQjOHoverlapping and secured together.

5. A water motor comprising a supporting: and power delivering shu'l'lgdisks secured to said shaft, a ilurality of strips of sheet metalsecured to the opposing faces of said disk and to each other to :iiorinrelatively spaced elongated buckets.

6; A water motor minimising a so) porting and power deliveringv shaft,disks secured to said shaft, a plurality of elongated buckets carried bysaid disks, and having overlapping edges, and means securing-saidoverlapping edges to then In testimony whereof I allix my signature inpresence of tvo witnesses.

JAMES L. V VALKER lVitnesses H. VAN DAM, ell-l2, D. M. Dmrnn.

